Re: [gentoo-user] Cups blockers . . .

[Mick]

On Wednesday 06 June 2007 15:41, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 June 2007 16:25:51 Mick wrote:
> > # emerge -uDv world
> >
> > These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> > ... done!
> > [ebuild     U ] net-print/cups-1.2.10-r1 [1.2.9] USE="X dbus jpeg ldap
> > nls pam png ppds ssl tiff -php -samba -slp" 0 kB
> > [ebuild     U ] media-gfx/xsane-0.994 [0.991] USE="jpeg nls png
> > tiff -gimp -lcms%" 0 kB
> > [ebuild  N    ] net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds-20060720  0 kB
> > [blocks B     ] <net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds-20070501 (is blocking
> > net-print/cups-1.2.10-r1)
>
> [SNIP]
>
> > # emerge -C net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds-20070501
> >
> > --- Couldn't find 'net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds-20070501' to unmerge.
> >
> > >>> No packages selected for removal by unmerge
>
> [SNIP]
>
> > What now?  Do I need to uninstall cups as well?
>
> No, you need to unmask net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds-20070501. Apparently
> someone screwed up by stabling cups-1.2.10-r1 without having it's deps with
> USE=ppds stabled first.
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=181055

Thanks Bo, the block message confused me a bit.  This is what I had to do:

1. emerge -C hplip foomatic-filters-ppds

2. emerge -uDv cups

3. emerge -uDv world

4. emerge -uDv hplip

All is good now.  :)
-- 
Regards,
Mick